Estonia Naming Customs
Name change records[edit | edit source]
Research use: These records must be consulted to determine the old names in order to research parish registers before the 1830s.
Record type: Card file and application forms.
General: All Estonians between 1830-1836 received Estonian names. Prior to that time, the names were German, Russian, Swedish, etc.
Time period: 1830-1836.
Contents: Record lists old and new names.
Location: Central Civil Registration Archive, Tallinn.
Population coverage: 80% for a brief time period.
Reliability: High.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Estonia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1994-2002.